Community Q&A:

Cron job not working with Akeeba Backup and Joomla

<p>I setup a cron job with the following: php -q /home/nwilin5/public_html/adsfreemidwest.com/index.php?option=com_akeeba&amp;view=backup&amp;key=********* I get back "no input file specified" But when I run the job in a browser: htto://www.adsfreemidwest.com/index.php?option=com_akeeba&amp;view=backup&amp;key=*********</p>
<p>it runs fine I am using Joomla on this site.</p>
<p>(note, * represent secret code/password)</p>

It looks like what you are wanting to do is automate Akeeba Backups with Joomla. I would suggest changing your "SuperAdmin18907" key as this is a public site that everyone can view.

You will first want to create a php file named backup.php. I recommend placing that file in a folder above public_html, /home/nwilin5/backups would be a good place. So, the full path to the file would be home/nwilin5/backups/backup.php

In the backup.php file place the following code. I've formatted everything far you except for the secret key which you will need to place between the single quotes. Please note, you will need to add the opening and closing php tags in the file: